"The Fourth Volume in the Interpreter Education Series"
From the moment the World Association of Sign Language Interpreters
(WASLI) was established in 2005, an overwhelming wave of requests
from around the world arrived seeking information and resources for
educating and training interpreters. This new collection provides
those answers with an international overview on interpreter
training from experts in Austria, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Fiji,
Finland, Ireland, Japan, Kenya, Kosovo, the Netherlands, New
Zealand, Scotland, Sweden, and the United States. Whether from
income-rich or income-poor countries, the 31 contributors presented
here provide insights on how sign language interpreter training has
developed in each nation, and also how trainers have dealt with the
difficulties that they encountered.
Many of the contributors relate the movement away from ad hoc short
courses sponsored by Deaf communities. They mark the transition
from the early struggles of trainers against the stigmatization of
sign languages to full-time degree programs in institutions of
higher education funded by their governments. Others investigate
how culture, religion, politics, and legislation affect the
nurturing of professional sign language interpreters, and they
address the challenges of extending training opportunities
nationally through the use of new technology. Together, these
diverse perspectives offer a deeper understanding and comparison of
interpreter training issues that could benefit the programs in
every nation.
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